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News, Reviews and Interviews of the best new bandsTue, 03 Mar 2015 04:18:29 +0000en-UShourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.5Colony House Rocks Nashville’s Marathon Music Workshttp://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/colony-house-rocks-nashvilles-marathon-music-works/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/colony-house-rocks-nashvilles-marathon-music-works/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 04:18:29 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22109Nashville – Franklin, Tennessee natives Colony House delivered a hearty homecoming performance to local audiences this past Friday night at Marathon Music Works. The band returned to the south as a part of their tour alongside the South African alternative band Kongos and the indie pop group Sir Sly. The venue, housed in the sprawling

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Colony House At The Satellite In Los Angeles Los Angeles – Tennessee alt-rockers Colony House recently embarked on their first headlining tour to support their recent debut album, When I Was Younger. At The Satellite in Los Angeles, lead singer Caleb Chapman told the animated crowd that they...

CMJ Music Marathon: CYMBALS Were Cooking At Cake Shop New York – English-American indie rockers CYMBALS brought a high-energy set to Cake Shop this week as part of this year’s CMJ Music Marathon. The band played the concert hall hidden under a coffee shop, battling minor technical difficulties and...

Sun Club Lights Up Nashville’s The End Nashville – Fresh out of Baltimore, Sun Club—a hearty arrangement of five guys and plenty of energy—delivered an epic performance at The End this past Wednesday night, playing for a full house of young fans. Praised by Paste magazine back...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/colony-house-rocks-nashvilles-marathon-music-works/feed/0MisterWives ’ Triumphant First Album Proves The Stardom Is Deservedhttp://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/misterwives-triumphant-first-album-proves-stardom-deserved/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/misterwives-triumphant-first-album-proves-stardom-deserved/#commentsTue, 03 Mar 2015 01:39:58 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22102New York – MisterWives, an insatiably effervescent indie pop act out of New York, has rocketed to the limelight at full tilt since their debut EP one year ago. Now, the whirlwind continues with the release of the band’s first full-length endeavor, Our Own House, just out via Republic Records. The album is positively elastic,

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MisterWives and Vinyl Theatre Heated Up Chicago Chicago – At 6 p.m. the line snaked down the block, around the corner, and coiled in a factory lot. A redline train whipped by, ushering in a chilling breeze. The temperature began to dip into the 40s. Kids were...

Walk The Moon To Release 2nd Album On December 2 New York – Indie band Walk The Moon have announced the release of their second album, Talking Is Hard, on December 2 on RCA Records. The album is produced by Tim Pagnotta (Neon Trees, LP, among others). “Shut Up...

Ex Cops ’ ‘Daggers’ LP Cuts Through Many Genres Los Angeles – Brooklyn indie-pop outfit Ex Cops is the duo of Brian Harding (formerly of Hymns) and Amalie Bruun (formerly of Minks). They first made waves late 2012/early 2013 with the release of True Hallucinations. It navigated through the channels of dream-pop...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/misterwives-triumphant-first-album-proves-stardom-deserved/feed/0Empires Command A Brilliant Performance At The Echohttp://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/empires-command-brilliant-performance-echo/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/empires-command-brilliant-performance-echo/#commentsMon, 02 Mar 2015 02:13:52 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22090Los Angeles – Chicago indie rockers Empires played to a sold-out show with Rush Midnight, LANY, and headliners Cathedrals. While the other bands attracted a strong core audience with their penchant for synthesizers, the quartet brought something quite different to the night’s lineup. Their pure indie rock resonance was a definite highlight and a refreshing

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Smallpools Float Through Their Fonda Theatre Performance Los Angeles – Local four-piece indie pop act, Smallpools, lit up the faces of those in attendance for their show on Wednesday night at the Henry Fonda Theatre. Their fully charged performance was thrilling and left much of the crowd...

Ex Cops ’ Arresting Performance At Bootleg Hifi Los Angeles – After seeing their performance last Friday at The Bootleg Hifi, audience members unfamiliar with alternative-pop act Ex Cops would have no way of knowing that the band just released one of the most polished records of 2014. ...

Onward CMJ Soldiers: Courtney Barnett, San Fermin Command Manhattan New York – CMJ Music Marathon marches sleeplessly on in Gotham, and on Wednesday hit what was possibly the extravaganza’s pinnacle performance. Event organizers had preempted the Webster Hall concert with caution, a sort of this-night-will-be-packed-so-don’t-expect-entrance-is-a-given kind of mentality. And...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/empires-command-brilliant-performance-echo/feed/0Dutch Uncles Shake Up Indie Pop With A New Wave Revivalhttp://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/dutch-uncles-shake-indie-pop-new-wave-revival/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/dutch-uncles-shake-indie-pop-new-wave-revival/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 23:41:28 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22081Nashville – Delightful, danceable, and uniquely rhythmic, O Shudder (via Memphis Industries), the newest LP just out from UK-based band Dutch Uncles, is an energetic collection of songs that ends all too soon. Fast-paced but thoroughly enjoyable, this release demonstrates just how skilled the band is at balancing familiar 80s-throwback sounds with an entirely different

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/dutch-uncles-shake-indie-pop-new-wave-revival/feed/0Hozier At Home In The Land Of The Blueshttp://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/hozier-home-land-blues/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/hozier-home-land-blues/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 03:57:40 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22070Chicago – Andrew Hozier-Byrne, the Irishman who has been melting hearts and turning concert halls into places of musical worship, played a sold-out show at the Riviera Theatre this past Wednesday night. The 24-year-old blues lover creates fantastic indie rock infused with a mix of gospel, soul, folk, and blues. Hearing Hozier live with his

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Hozier ’s Church Performance A Spiritual Experience Los Angeles – Watching Hozier perform at Immanuel Presbyterian Church on a recent night was divine. The sound that spilled from his unassuming persona was like a holy adventure on its own, but the addition of his thoughtful lyrics, cellist,...

Win An Autographed Vinyl Copy Of Hozier ’s Debut Album! Best New Bands and Columbia Records are giving away a vinyl copy of Hozier’s acclaimed debut album, Hozier, signed by the performer himself! The Irish singer-songwriter had a breakthrough song this year with “Take Me To Church” and the artist’s...

Meet Iceland’s Newest Export: Asgeir Chicago – What is it about Iceland? With a total population of only 300,000+, the Nordic island cranks out über talented musicians left and right, from Björk to Sigur Rós and now Asgeir. The 22-year-old singer-songwriter, born Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson,...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/hozier-home-land-blues/feed/0That Voice: Synthpop Duo Purity Ring – ‘Another Eternity’http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/voice-synthpop-duo-purity-ring-another-eternity/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/voice-synthpop-duo-purity-ring-another-eternity/#commentsSun, 01 Mar 2015 00:45:24 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22054New York – Last year, electronic pop iconoclast Grimes released a track called “Go” that she had written for Rihanna. It was a weird moment that showed how all perceived boundaries between seemingly incompatible musical worlds are artificial. Here was a somewhat accidental star, just a few years removed from tiny DIY basement shows, pitching

Benjamin Booker Finds His Voice Los Angeles- Sometimes it’s failure that sets us on the track that we need to be on. For Benjamin Booker the inability to score a job in journalism out of college was the impetus for his now budding musical...

Young Ejecta’s ‘The Planet’ Is Trippy, Beep-y, Wonderful San Francisco – Relative newcomers Young Ejecta have returned with a new EP—or “mini-album” as they choose to call it—entitled The Planet. The electronic duo consists of Joel Ford (of Ford & Lopatin fame) and Neon Indian’s female vocalist Leanne...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/voice-synthpop-duo-purity-ring-another-eternity/feed/0Catfish And The Bottlemen Buy A Round In Chicagohttp://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/catfish-bottlemen-buy-round-chicago/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/catfish-bottlemen-buy-round-chicago/#commentsSat, 28 Feb 2015 00:44:09 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22046Chicago – Tightly packed fans waited anxiously for UK band Catfish and the Bottlemen to take the stage at Schubas Tuesday night. Just a few hours earlier, the line for entry to the sold-out show twisted around the corner onto Belmont Avenue. Those who were lucky enough to snatch a ticket were now inside the

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Catfish and the Bottlemen Perform on ‘Late Show With David Letterman’ Los Angeles – Catfish and the Bottlemen perform their single “Kathleen” in their late night television debut on “Late Show with David Letterman”. The performance celebrates their debut LP The Balcony, out now via Communion Records. In addition, “Kathleen” recently reached #1 on Sirius...

A Chat With Van McCann Of Catfish And The Bottlemen Chicago – The Welsh band Catfish and the Bottlemen are ready to take the U.S. by storm! The indie garage rockers just released their debut album The Balcony, performed on Late Show with David Letterman, and soon will be kicking...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/live-reviews/catfish-bottlemen-buy-round-chicago/feed/0THEESatisfaction DEEliver On Second ElpEE ‘EarthEE’http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/theesatisfaction-deeliver-second-elpee-earthee/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/theesatisfaction-deeliver-second-elpee-earthee/#commentsFri, 27 Feb 2015 18:50:48 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22031Los Angeles – With EarthEE, their second full-length release on Sub Pop Records, the ladies of THEESatisfaction have expanded and improved upon the spacey and socially conscious style of R&B that was heard on their debut. Formed in 2008, rapper Stasia “Stas” Irons and singer Catherine “Cat” Harris-White met while attending college at the University

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Young Ejecta’s ‘The Planet’ Is Trippy, Beep-y, Wonderful San Francisco – Relative newcomers Young Ejecta have returned with a new EP—or “mini-album” as they choose to call it—entitled The Planet. The electronic duo consists of Joel Ford (of Ford & Lopatin fame) and Neon Indian’s female vocalist Leanne...

Set Your Clocks For 2:54: ‘The Other I’ New York – Sisters Colette and Hannah Thurlow make up the Irish-born, English-raised alternative rock group 2:54. The two wrote their self-titled debut, which was released on Fiction/Fat Possum in 2012. Two years later they’ve followed it up with their...

Kat Dahlia’s Honest And Powerful ‘My Garden’ Portland – When Best New Bands spoke with Kat Dahlia last month, she was very eager to share her debut album with the world. Though it has been a while since her first single off the record, “Gangsta,” was released...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/theesatisfaction-deeliver-second-elpee-earthee/feed/0Colleen Green Matures With ‘I Want To Grow Up’http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/colleen-green-matures-want-grow/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/colleen-green-matures-want-grow/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 22:21:47 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22017Los Angeles – Poor Colleen Green – she tries so hard to become a more mature, responsible and secure person. The title of her second record for Hardly Art, I Want To Grow Up, says it all. But even by the 15-minute mark, it is clear that Green still has a long way to go

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Ex Cops ’ ‘Daggers’ LP Cuts Through Many Genres Los Angeles – Brooklyn indie-pop outfit Ex Cops is the duo of Brian Harding (formerly of Hymns) and Amalie Bruun (formerly of Minks). They first made waves late 2012/early 2013 with the release of True Hallucinations. It navigated through the channels of dream-pop...

Seaway ‘All In My Head’ EP New York - Seaway is Canada’s contribution to this year’s class of pop rock bands. Although the band has been steadily releasing EPs since 2011, their 2013 debut full-length Hoser was the first of their releases to gain the band anything close to mainstream...

Alex Calder Cuts Some Slack With ‘Strange Dreams’ Los Angeles – While Alex Calder may be the lesser-known artist to come out of the goofball rock band Makeout Videotape, he is well on his way to carving out his own prominent space in the indie rock world. Calder’s...

]]>http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/colleen-green-matures-want-grow/feed/0Future Brown Dazzles On Debuthttp://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/future-brown-dazzles-debut/
http://www.bestnewbands.com/album-reviews/future-brown-dazzles-debut/#commentsThu, 26 Feb 2015 04:09:52 +0000http://www.bestnewbands.com/?p=22011New York – Future Brown is a production collective that was formed, Voltron-like, by dance music duo Nguzunguzu’s Asma Maroof and Daniel Pineda, artist and musician Fatima al Qadiri, and Lit City Trax label owner and promoter J-Cush. Their self-titled debut album is a melting pot of dance music, taking sounds and beats from drum-fueled,

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Cotillon Deliver An Upbeat Full-Length Debut Nashville – With their latest self-titled release (via Burger Records), Cotillon once again shines with an ethereal follow up to their breezy 2013 White Roses EP. Led by the visionary singer-songwriter Jordan Corso, and known for their warm, floral sound...

Ghost Culture Floats Into 2015 With His Debut Release Nashville – As eerie as its eponymous moniker, Ghost Culture’s recent debut (via Phantasy) delivers a delightfully unpredictable catalog of work. Though customarily infused with a hint of Detroit techno and all of the familiar trappings of contemporary electronica, Ghost...

Ultimate Painting Deliver ‘Super’ Debut Austin – Ultimate Painting was introduced to me as a supergroup. Not in those words, but there must have been some hope that name-dropping Veronica Falls and Mazes would entice me to listen to their music. I’m not sure if,...